Poetry and Mindfulness - Interruption to a Journey (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

At a time when the Humanities are under threat, this book offers a defense of poetry within the context of growing interest in mindfulness in business, health care, and education. The book argues that the benefits and insights mindfulness provides are also cultivated by the study of poetry. These benefits include a focus on the present, the ability to see through scripts and habits, a rethinking of subjectivity, and the development of ecological or systems thinking. Bryan Walpert employs close readings of traditional and experimental poetry and draws on scientific studies of the effects of mindfulness or reading literature on the brain. It argues the skills that poetry, like mindfulness, cultivates are useful beyond the page or classroom and ultimately are necessary to engage with such global issues as the environmental crisis.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Bryan Walpert
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	125
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-68680-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	3-319-68680-1
Barcode:	9783319686806

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